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Prime Minister for a long weekend

“And now I would like to call on the Right Honourable Prime Minister Joe Cattana.” When you’re 22 years old, you’d never expect to hear that, sitting in our nation’s House of Commons. For three days, along with 350 other Queen’s students, I stormed into the House of Commons and claimed it as my own.   From...

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Two decades in the House

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Queen’s Model Parliament (QMP) being hosted in the House of Commons, and, for the first time on record, a speaker of Aboriginal descent is in attendance. The nearly 60-year-old mock parliament conference, organized by co-chairs Britney Foerter and Christopher...

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Queen's takes the Hill

You might roll your eyes at the notion that a few hundred 18- to 22-year-olds could influence federal parliamentarians. But why is this notion so implausible? On Wednesday, about 300 Queen’s students will travel to Ottawa during the parliamentary break to participate in the annual Queen’s Model Parliament...

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